Seamless hosiery.



PATENTED JUNE 5, 3906.

G. H. GILBERT. SEAMLESS HOSIERY.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16, 1905 [N VEN TOR UNITED STATES PATENT oFFion.

SEAMLESS HOSlEFlY.

Original application filed Juan 7, 1901, Sarial N mBSJZZ. Divided andthis application filed Nn mb 16,1905,

To will whom it may; CUILIEIH'IL.

Bo it known that l, (lsonon ll, (innnm. a citizen of the United States,residing at (low inantown, in the county of Philadvlpliia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented vermin new and useful Improvements inSeamless l-losiery; and l do hereby declare the following to be a. full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableolhig'rs 1o skilled in the art to which it apportains to make and usethe same.

This application is a division of my former application for improvementsin seamless hosiery, Serial No. 63,622, filed June 7, mm. My inventionrelates to inaehine-nnule seamless hosiery, and has for its, (illjlllllw procluotion of a stocking having improved ornamental oll'sets.

Hitherto manufacturers of ornamental 2o seamless hose or stmhings havebeen able to make the ornamental open-work or larrwork on the front ofthe stocking only, and such ornamental lace or o 14311 work began at thetop of the stocking and continued down over the ankle. and front of thefoot to the toe portion. I am, however, able to produve an article ofthis class having a )ortion of plain knii Ling at the top of the leg oithe stocking, the log composed of sections of lacework alternating wit h0 sections of ,lain knitting around the rntirr log, the heel and bottomof the foot and too being made of plain knitting, while the open worksections are continued over the ankle and foot with a portion ofJain-knitted fabtie inter )osed between the lower end of sueh open orlace work sections and the too.

In the drawing I have shown a stocking embodying my invention, the samebeing partially in perspective to show the ornato inentfal sectionextending entirely around the 1x1 such drawing, A is the leg portion ofthe stoekinfii and B the foot ortion. At the top of t 2 leg portion isa. p sin-knitted por- 5 tion a. Commencing at the clot a: a: the leg ofthe stookin is formed of p sin-knitted portions 0, unite by opemwork orlace sections 05, the one alternating with the other entirely around theleg. The loops of the several a courses formin onefi are of the? lace oropen .work are ma 0, as fo lows: Starting at the plain section 1, thethread forms a straight cross-thread e to the next plain section,crossing the space of one or more plain loops. A iven number of plainloops are then made. fiho l-luead then makes a further cross-threadSpecification of Letters Pateni Patented June 5, 1906.

Serial No. 287.699.

I In the next si-uiion of plain knitting, and so on entirely around thelog of [he stocking. (lo the next round 1hr rross-tlu'oml is nnnlo I inlike umnnrr. ()n lho third round the i'l'oss-thrmul e is made in thesome manner. I Un lho fourth round tliocross-llneiul isdrawn ldown overthe three ('ltlfiS-l'lllK-INJS v.3 e forming the slung-Mod. loop (1', asis well ondorsioud in the knitting of iiu-k lnhrirs. This is oontinuedto [ho mini lniirkod 5 whore the heel is knitted of plain loops. Afterthe formation of the heel the knitling is continued, forming the bottomof plain loo is and the top of the ornamental courses and plainserlions, as ln-rrinlwlorv sot forth, until the point .2 is ronvhed, atwhioh point a number of plnin-knittml courses are ormod rntiroly aroundthe stocking The too is then completed with plain loops, thus forming astock in: whirh has the ilaiirlmitted portion a, the log oforniinn-nlznl sections a, the heal I) of ilain loo is, tho bottom of thefoot of )lain 'nitting l, and the section b of plain nitting inter msedlN-lWCPI! tho ornamental courses and the too I) of the stocking Thisstocking may he made of one continuous thread, or it may be made byknitting the lnwl and toe of one thread and the remaining portions ofthe stoolrin from another thawed, or it may he made my forming the heeland too of one thread and the other portions ol the stockingknittedfroin two, three, or four other threads, as the manufacturer niayprefer.The stock may he knitted upon a machine constriicte in the well-knownmanner to produce took-knitting, provision front and hook portions ofthe stocking to be thrown separately into operation to knit tuck or lainknitting, as described.

hile I have described the ornamental effect as n'odurod by employing inthe ornamental lignres the three cross-threads e e a with a fourth,forming an elongated loop connecting and holding the others, this exactreport-ion is not necessary or essential, as ut one, two, or more of thecross-threads to array elongated loop may be employed to suit the tasteor fancy of tho manufacturer. Tho airan onu-nt of openwork spaces inrespect to t uplain-knitted portions may also be varied, and a singleplain loop may be made between the lore-sections, wing the stoclrin theappearance of lining finned enployed'solely on the front of thestocking.

being made for causing the needles of the tirely o lacework, or thiselleo-t may be am- Correction in Letters Patent No. 822,890.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent 1N0. 044890, granted June5, 1906,

upon the application of George H. Gilbert, of Gerniantawn, Pennsylvania,for an improvement in Seamless Hosiery, were erroneously issued to saidGilbert as owner of said invention; that said Letters Patent should havebeen issued to The Kilbourn Knitting Mdchine Company, of- New Brunswick,New Jersey, ale assignee of the entire interest in said patent, as shown by the record of assignments in this office; and that the saidLetters Patent should be read withthie correction therein that the samemay conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and eealed this 19th lay of June, A. D., 1906.

[SEAL] I FJI. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

